Search Tag: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS)
2022 22 Apr
Global research firm KLAS (Salt Lake City, UT USA) recently released a report on U.S. hospital perceptions of price transparency regulation by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As of 1 January 2021, all U.S. hospitals needed to comply with CMS regulations that require that hospitals provide clear and accessible online pricing...Read more
2021 07 Nov
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalised the following payment rules for the 2022 calendar year: Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) / Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Payment System Home Health Prospective Payment System (PPS) CMS increased hospital outpatient services...Read more
2020 17 Sep
Use of electronic health records (EHR) systems, even beyond minimum meaningful use (MU) requirements, does not necessarily correspond to increased hospital efficiency, patient satisfaction, and safety. You might also like: EHR Systems: From Record to Plan These new findings, based on a Johns Hopkins-led study (Murphy et al....Read more